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Managing internet protocol unicast and multicast communications

  • US 20020141394A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing Internet Protocol of at least one of unicast and multicast communications over a network, the system comprising:

  • network interface means for interfacing between the network and other parts of the system;

    signal processing means connected to the network interface means having at least one audio channel for decompressing and de-packetising audio signals received from the network through the network interface means and for outputting the audio signals to audio mixer means for mixing the audio signals at different respective audio levels and having at least one audio channel for compressing and packetising audio signals received from the audio mixer means mixed at different respective audio levels for transmission through the network interface means over the network;

    audio channel manager means connected to the signal processing means for dynamically allocating the audio channels in the signal processing means and connected to the audio mixing means for signalling an allocated channel to the audio mixing means; and

    message manager means connected to the network interface means and to the audio channel manager means for managing the at least one of unicast and multicast communication of the audio signals.

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